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Armstrong rejects offer to testify with USADA

Lance Armstrong will not do a tell-all interview under oath with the agency that
exposed his performance-enhancing drug use and took away his seven Tour de France titles.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency had told Armstrong he would have to reveal all he knows about doping
in cycling if he wanted to reduce his lifetime ban from sports.

Yesterday was the latest deadline for Armstrong to decide on USADA’s offer. After negotiating
with the agency for two months, he declined.

Armstrong attorney
Tim Herman has said Armstrong is willing to participate in an international effort
to clean up cycling, an effort that has broken down in spats between the International Cycling
Union — the sport’s governing body — and the World Anti-Doping Agency.

After more than a decade of denying he used performance-enhancing drugs, Armstrong admitted last
month in an interview with
Oprah Winfrey that he doped to win those races. But USADA chief executive
Travis Tygart has accused Armstrong of lying in that interview, most notably
Armstrong’s claim that he raced clean when he came out of retirement in 2009-2010.

Golf

Snowstorm suspends Match Play event

The opening round of the Match Play Championship in Marana, Ariz., was suspended when a cold
rain that came down sideways quickly gave way to snow from a winter storm that dumped close to

2 inches on Dove Mountain in just over an hour.

“I’ve never actually played golf to the point where we’ve actually stopped for snow, which is
kind of crazy,” said Westerville resident
Jason Day, who was 6 up through 10 holes over
Zach Johnson.

Ten matches had not even started when players were called off the course as slush started to
form on the greens. Two hours later, the course was a blanket of snow as temperatures dipped as low
as 33 degrees.

Rory McIlroy and
Tiger Woods were among the players in those 10 matches that never began.

The opening round was to resume at 8:30 this morning, and the second round would start sometime
this afternoon. The 64-man field is cut in half after each round, and with sunshine in the forecast
for the rest of the week, it should not be difficult to get caught up.

Baseball

Baerga, Hart selected for Indians Hall of Fame

Former All-Star second baseman
Carlos Baerga and former general manager
John Hart are the newest members of the Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame.

They will be inducted on June 22 in a ceremony before the Indians-Minnesota Twins game at
Progressive Field.

During the 1990s, Baerga was one of the key members on Cleveland teams that won six division
titles, and Hart was the architect of those clubs.

•
Joe Garagiola, the ballplayer-turned-announcer who was honored by the Baseball
Hall of Fame for his on-air work, is ending his broadcasting career after nearly six decades.

Garagiola, 87, said he’s retiring as a part-time television analyst for the Arizona
Diamondbacks. He entertained audiences for 58 years with a sharp sense of humor and a seemingly
endless list of stories.

COLLEGES

NCAA: Three former Miami assistants misled officials

The NCAA believes that former University of Miami assistant football coaches
Clint Hurtt and
Aubrey Hill and assistant men’s basketball coach
Jorge Fernandez provided false or misleading information during the probe into the
Hurricanes athletic department.

The NCAA said all three violated “principles of ethical conduct” as part of the notice of
allegations served against the Hurricanes, according to a person who spoke to the Associated Press
on condition of anonymity because the allegations have not been released publicly.

The university is facing the charge that it had a “lack of institutional control” — one of the
worst things the NCAA can levy against a school. The charge revolves around how Miami allegedly
failed to monitor conduct of booster
Nevin Shapiro, a convicted felon who provided cash, gifts and other items to
football and basketball players.

University president
Donna Shalala has said the Hurricanes have suffered enough already through
self-imposed sanctions.

• Alabama hired Miami assistant and former Florida International coach
Mario Cristobal as offensive line coach.

Crimson Tide coach
Nick Saban announced Cristobal’s just over a month after Cristobal returned to his
alma mater: He was hired as Miami’s associate head coach and tight ends coach on Jan. 10.